Measures to increase the economic benefits of meat geese

Geese are herbivorous poultry and have the advantages of fast growth, rough feeding and less consumption of condiment. Feeding meat geese requires less investment, low cost, and short production cycles. The measures to increase the economic benefits of the meat geese are summarized below, for reference by farmers.

A good environment chooses to build a goose farm on the leeward sunny side or the high dry terrain or slopes. There are clean and pollution-free sources of water nearby, and the traffic is convenient (more than 300m from the main road), and the power supply is sufficient.
The brooding house requires insulation, drying, ventilation, no thief, and heating facilities. Fireflies, flue types, electric umbrellas, etc. can be used for brooding.
Reasonable selection of chicks Under normal circumstances, the factory has requirements for the color and weight of the goose when acquiring the goose. The purchase price of the white goose is higher than the purchase price of the gray goose. The growth rate of small goose species is not fast enough, the fat liver is small, the production of cashmere is small, and the weight of adult geese often falls short of the requirement. The growth rate of large geese species is fast and the liver performance is good, but the feed consumption is more, and the geese are mostly gray. Feather; medium-sized goose species is between the small goose and the large goose. The growth speed of the gosling and the middle goose period is fast, and the fat liver performance is better. Therefore, geese with medium-sized white feathers can be selected for meat geese, such as Rhine geese, Zhejiang white geese and Sichuan white geese.
After the species is identified, it is necessary to select sturdy goslings with neat and clean fluff, large individuals, well-absorbed umbilicus, clean anus, stable feet on both feet, lively eyes, lively action, and strong calls.
Scientific feeding management
1. Early drinking goslings goslings should drink water within 24 hours of shelling. In order to prevent the occurrence of digestive diseases, some drugs can be added to drinking water. Goslings injected with gosling plague vaccine, potassium permanganate (concentration: 0.05%) can be added to drinking water for 3 days, and goslings injected with serum can be added gentamicin 20,000 IU per liter of drinking water. 3 days; if it is a long-distance transport, you can add 5% to 10% of multi-vitamin dextrose in the water to add water and supplement energy.

2. Allow the goslings to feed for the first time after eating fresh water. Soak millet or crushed rice for 2 to 4 hours before 3 days of age and then drain the water to feed. Fresh green vegetables are cut into silk, and then fed after feeding the concentrate to prevent picky eaters. After 4 days of age, it was gradually fed with full-priced compound feed (85% cornmeal, 15% broiler No. 1) to ensure the growth and development of goslings. Grazing and watering are carried out at 7 days. The first time the water can be discharged in a clean shallow pond, the water temperature is 22 ~ 30 °C, and the water release time should be in the afternoon. After 20 days of age, it was changed to grazing throughout the day and night feeding. At the age of 20 to 30 days, grazing should be carried out with 100 to 150 individuals per group. After 30 days of age grazing is maintained at about 300 per group. Goose geese enter the fattening period after feeding goslings and mid-gooses.
3. Grazing and fattening and house feeding and fattening Choose grazing and fattening for fields with more grain feed. If the grain feed is low, it must be supplemented, otherwise it will not reach the optimal weight and twist. Feeding and fattening are suitable for intensive feeding. The whole feed is fed with full price feed, and it can also be based on cereals rich in carbohydrates, plus some protein feed. The main point of fattening is to limit the movement of the goose, provide a quiet, less light environment for the goose, so that they can freely eat and drink.
Strict epidemic prevention and control system Goslings go out of the shell and strictly follow procedures for immunization. Goslings hatched by immunized breeder geese can be directly injected with gosling plague vaccine within 24 hours of hatching; goslings hatched from unknown sources are injected with hyperimmune serum within 24 hours of hatching and are 7 days old. Then injected gosling plague vaccine. Do a good job in environmental sanitation and establish a regular disinfection system. Padded grass should be replaced by regular exposure to prevent mold. Pay attention to the scientific cooperation of various nutrients and pay attention to scientific feeding methods. At the same time, it should also pay attention to appropriate activities, so that the goose swim more to enhance the geese's constitution and reduce the incidence of disease.

Timely sale According to the research, the growth rate of the goose from 3 weeks old began to accelerate, and the growth peak was reached at 6 to 7 weeks of age. After 8 weeks of age, the growth began to slow down. The growth rate at 10 weeks of age was only comparable to that at 2 weeks of age. Taking the feed utilization ratio of Sichuan White Goose as an example, the feed-to-meat ratio of the geese at the age of one week was 1.89:1, and the feed-to-meat ratio at the age of 10 weeks was 4.15:1. The same increase in body weight was 1g, but feed consumption was increased 1.2-fold from 10 weeks of age to 1 week of age. Therefore, it is generally advisable that meat geese are best sold at 60-70 days of age and at the latest at 90 days of age.